Category Archives: Nail Polish Swatches & Reviews

Nail Art Tutorial: Frog Nails

Easy Frog Nails Nail Art Tutorial & SwatchHere are the Frog Nails I wore to IMATS Toronto (the event I recently blogged about).

Originally I wanted to do frog prince nails, but I misplaced my gold polish that I had planned to use for stamping on the crown. Other colours just weren’t right, so sadly, my green froggy had to be de-throned. (Hmm…suppose I could’ve just freehanded the crown, now that I think about it.)

I had also planned to stamp on some lips on an accent nail to make it look like he was gonna get his kiss.

On the upside, Mr. Frog wasn’t looking forward to smooching all those females who only thought they were princesses. 😉

This frog nail art is really easy to do, and I think it would be really fun if you did unconventional frogs in pink or purple instead of the traditional green like I did.

Also, consider painting on some flies for your accent nails with dotted lines to show their flight pattern. I think that would be so fun!

Come see how you can put some ribbit on your digits! 😉

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China Glaze Glittering Garland Swatches & Review

Sunlight China Glaze Glittering Garland Swatches & ReviewIt’s hard to believe that the holidays are quickly approaching. To get into the festive spirit, I slicked on China Glaze Glittering Garland.

Have you put up your Christmas tree?

I have a baby Christmas tree with tiny gold and black ball ornaments on my kitchen counter. The tree also has some red berries on the tips. This year I may get a tiny angel ornament for the topper. My tree’s so small, I may have to look for an angel finger puppet, actually.

Back when I lived at home, we had a big, tall tree that I enjoyed putting up. We had so many decorations (both bought and home-made).

Sometimes it felt like opening up a time capsule because, over the years, we had a good assortment of ornaments from back when I was a baby up to when I was in high school.

Although the Christmas trees look gorgeous in the stores full of glittery and glistening decorations, I liked the one at my parents’ place more because when you looked at the tree, you saw our one-of-a-kind ornaments that reminded you of fond memories.

It used to be a tradition we had that, each year, we’d make a new ornament to commemorate that year. I miss that. I’m not sure why, but after high school, we stopped doing it.

One day, if I ever have a family of my own, I hope to rekindle that tradition. Of course, this greatly hinges upon me moving into a bigger place – I’m practically living in a shoebox now! There’s no room for a big tree, and I do miss it.
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Cult Nails Unicorn Puke Swatches & Review (Layered Over Unicorn Pee & OPI’s OPI Ink)

Natural Light Cult Nails Unicorn Puke Swatches & ReviewMy immune system is quite strong, so I don’t get ill too often. However, as fate would have it, I’m feeling feverish right now as I work on this post. Must have caught something on the subway. There was a guy sneezing a whole lot.

Perhaps I was just really feeling this incredible polish, Cult Nails Unicorn Puke! Yeah, looks like the unicorn picked up a different bug than I did. Poor unicorn!

Unicorn Puke is a multi-coloured flakie polish that’s so gorgeous, it’s making my palms sweat just looking at the bottle. (And it’s probably magnified even more because I’m not feeling well. But enough about this sicko!)

Here, I’ve layered Unicorn Puke over Unicorn Pee (aka Clarins 230 – I thought this was appropriate to combine these body fluids) and OPI’s OPI Ink. (Whenever I type that name, I feel like there’s an echo in the room.)

If you missed out on pre-ordering Unicorn Puke (only 275 limited-edition bottles of it were made), don’t worry! It’s coming out in the Cult Nails Super Powers Collection (their winter collection), except it’ll be called Clairvoyant and the packaging won’t have the gold lettering.

In person, the polish looks even better, and it totally stands apart from the few other flakies I own.

I was already over the moon (and into the stars) about Unicorn Puke, so you can imagine my delight when Marta from ChitChat Nails asked me if I wanted to do a twin post with her on this gorgeous polish. Of course I said yes! Check out her post on Unicorn Puke here!

I’ve been admiring her nails for quite a while because somehow every colour she wears looks so classy. She’s incredible with nail stamping and photography! But beyond her nails, I’ve found her to be a really sweet and good-natured person with a funny bone. She’s become a good friend to me, and I’m so thankful to know her. Please be sure to also check out her Unicorn Puke post!

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Nicole by OPI Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam Swatches & Review

Nicole by OPI Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam Swatches & ReviewOkay, Khloe Kardashian is trying to steal my thunder. We all know that it’s Mary who had a little lamb, right?

I should know. Everywhere that I went, my lamb went. My lamb even followed me to school one day, which was against the rules. But it made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school. 😛

Okay, fine…Khloe can have a little ‘lam-lam’ if she leaves my lamb alone.

I tried to capture Nicole by OPI Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam the best I could, but Mr. Sun wasn’t cooperating and actually stood me up. How rude!

The colour isn’t complex, but my camera made it look a lot lighter than it really is. In person, it’s one of those near-black teals (at least it was on me), and the colour on your nails is darker than what you see in the bottle.

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Nicole by OPI Kim-pletely in Love Swatches & Review

Sunlight Nicole by OPI Kim-pletely in Love Swatches & ReviewBy now you’ve probably heard all about Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ divorce.

Whenever I hear about a divorce, I always feel sad, even if the split is for the best. I guess it’s because I have a fairytale perception of marriage being a one-time and lasting, loving bond, even though in reality, the divorce rates are alarmingly high.

My nails were stained a bright magenta, so when I decided to wear Nicole by OPI Kim-pletely in Love, unfortunately it made the manicure look shoddy and like I have bloody cuticles!

Still, I’m sharing these swatches with you anyway because if you can look past the stained nails peeking through, you’ll still be able to see what Kim-pletely in Love looks like.

A woman (who worked at the candy shop I bought a few things from) actually complimented me on this colour!

You know that I’m not really a pink-polish wearer. It’s not necessarily because I don’t like the colour. It’s because most pinks make my nails look dirty or they’re too close to the colour of my skin.

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OPI Rainbow Connection Dupes, Comparison Swatches & Brush Reviews

OPI Rainbow Connection Dupes Comparison Swatches Milani Gems Swatch & Nicole by OPI Rainbow in the S-Kylie SwatchIt feels like a long time ago when I swatched and reviewed OPI Rainbow Connection from The Muppets Collection even though it was just in September.

You’ll remember it as the multicoloured glitterbomb with 3 different sizes of hexagonal glitter.

Since then, I have acquired 2 other nail polishes that are quite similar.

One of them is a dead-on dupe. And if you’re not interested in paying OPI prices, you’ll want to check this out because one of the polishes I compare rings in at just $3.99 USD online!

I whipped up a post for those who are a fan of the glittertastic look of OPI Rainbow Connection, but who want to see how it stacks up to the alternatives. Thought this would make for a nice little shopping-tip post.

The nail polishes featured in this OPI Rainbow Connection Dupes post are: OPI Rainbow Connection (of course), Nicole by OPI Rainbow in the S-Kylie, and Milani Gems.

I’ve compared all 3 in relation to their appearance, brush, accessibility, and price. Hopefully this will help you decide which one is a better fit for you. Or, maybe you’ll decide that you no longer like any of them, and you’ll keep your hard-earned cash in your wallet.

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Nicole by OPI Kendall on the Katwalk Swatches & Review

Sunlight Nicole by OPI Kendall on the Katwalk Nail PolishBy now a lot of you have seen many of the shades from the Nicole by OPI Kardashian Kolors Collection. They’ve already popped up in some stores last month.

I’ve worn a few colours from the collection, and my favourite hands down is Nicole by OPI Kendall on the Katwalk!

When I saw the promo pictures of it, I thought that it would be really similar to China Glaze Skyscraper. Nope – it’s completely unique!

Kendall on the Katwalk is a blue-green-purple glitter polish!

It sparkles like a diva upping the ante. This truly is one that you need to see in person to understand how special it is.

My photos don’t do it any justice. For some reason, my camera mainly picked up just the blue. This is not a flat, run-of-the-mill glitter polish! In person, you can see the purple and green glitter a lot. It’s like wearing a galaxy on your nails!

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